r/althistory

I mean, one of the reasons for the current Middle Eastern conflict is that Arab Palestinians were annoyed that they were losing land instead of Europeans who had perpetrated the Holocaust. So, how would things have been different if parts of Germany were just given to Jewish people instead of the Middle East?

Would it have even prevented the current Palestine situation? Since there had already been violence between Jewish and non-Jewish communities, and Zionism was a growing force in the world.

How would it be behind the Iron Curtain change things? Would there have been a Berlin-style air drop to keep it supplied, or would it have been a Jewish communist state? Would there have been competing Jewish states one communist in Prussa and one capitalist in Palestine?

What would Poland think about this?

Just something I have been thinking about.

I’m writing an alternate history timeline where Latin American nations form a European Union-esque alliance following a successful Congress of Panama in 1826, leading to a much stronger South America, Gran Colombia not collapsing, and Mexico becoming a superpower. In this timeline, Mexico wins the Mexican-American War, but I was wondering if the American Civil War would have occurred if Mexico was still large. I planned for this timeline to feature the Confederate States winning the civil war and remaining oppressive until a successful revolution during WWI. Would the American Civil War and the Confederate States have existed if Mexico was still large.

I’m writing an alternate timeline where Latin America is stronger and Mexico becomes a global superpower. Is there any way that an independent Mexico would begin as a republic rather than a monarchy? Also, is there any way that Augustin de Iturbide would have agreed to be president rather than emperor, or would someone else (such as Guadelupe Victoria) step in as Mexico’s inaugural president?

In 1870 over 90% of the Dominican Republic voted to join the USA. It was a pet project of Ulysses S Grant. Unfortunately it fell through largely because of a feud between him and the Senator who was head of Foreign Relations at the time. The plan was to fast track it to statehood since it was joining willingly.

How do you think its statehood would affect the Dominican Republic and the rest of the USA today?